Summer Photologue - South Lake Tahoe

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Why Lake Tahoe??
With the temperature at Sacramento hovering around 105 F mark and summer vacation nearing an end, ...

With the temperature at Sacramento hovering around 105 F mark and summer vacation nearing an end, I was desperate to make a trip to Lake Tahoe which would help give me a break from work schedule and very hot summer days. The temperature at Tahoe hovers around 75 F, so it is pleasant there. though hot compared to some Indian cities.

Bad Luck Intervens!

What better way to do a trip to S. Lake Tahoe than my fiance's brithday. I planned a surprise trip for her to Tahoe on August 12th. Little did i know that it was gonna be a huge failure. Initially, as per plan, I took a day off from work and asked my fiance to do the same. Her manager didn't obliged even after a request from me and the plan to Tahoe went under the table and there i was sitting on my desk on her birthday desperately trying to think of an alternative.

One week later, she had a day off on Tuesday(Aug 18) and I decide to make most of it. This was no longer a surprise trip as she came up with a suggestion to escape the heat of sacramento.

Planning and Implementation

It was a one day trip, so had to plan accordingly. After lots of research i narrowed down my places of interest and activities to be done at those places. I also booked a Chevrolet Malibu through Enterprise. The cost for a day rental came out to be $45 for car rent and $24 full insurance. so it was $70 for the day.

The distance from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe is 100 miles one way. To reach there we took US 50 E.

Keep posting as you keep sorting. One thing that is disliked on this forum as you might be aware of is the need to keep pressing F5 and getting nothing in return for the effort except an aching finger.
Dont procrastinate especially after such a teaser of a picture.

So, with para sailing and pedal boat in mind i called a couple of water sports company for their best rates. initially i opted for action watersports. than i looked online for its review and they weren't very encouraging. so i looked for another company named Ski Run Boat Company which had positive reviews.
We booked parasailing time for 1.30 pm. Everyone is required to be at their office at least half and hour before so as to complete some paperwork.

In morning, at 9 am we went to enterprise showroom where we were given Chevy Malibu. The car had 28200 miles on board, and felt in good condition. We started at 9.30 am towards Tahoe.

The maximum speed on these curved US-50 varied from 20 mph to 40 mph. at some places there were passing lanes where the road were widen to allow faster vehicles to overtake slower vehicles. also at some places, shoulder was widened to stop the vehicle and appreciate natural beauty.

in the next post, i will include lake tahoe as well as ski run boat company's private area.

stay tuned.

p.s: all the photos are straight out of camera, none have been processed. we visited yesterday so haven't got time to process them. sorry about that.

At little over 11.45 am we arrived in South Lake Tahoe. We went to Ski Run Boat Company and decided to do an hour of pedal boating before we go for parasailing. please note that once you book parasailing, you should be on time else they will charge for no show. if you wish to cancel, its recommended atleast 12 hours before.

The lake tahoe appeared serene with beautiful mountain backdrop. We could clearly see three types of color in the lake. The first one had a muddy brown color owing to very shallow nature of lake, the second was light blue which was a little bit more deeper and at far end it was dark blue that was the deepest part.

We took our pedal boats for an hour at rate of $30/hr. After finishing pedal boating, we went to finish paperwork for parasailing.

Nice pics. It looks totally different during winter. The experience is worth it

yes, lake tahoe is one of those destination which changes color with each season. worth the experience in summer and winter. i am waiting for dec, jan to make the trip again. this time for skiing and paragliding.

Beautiful pics!I've always wanted to go see Lake Tahoe, but haven't had a chance yet.Its supposed to be very pretty in winter too,and with some of the best ski slopes it would be a fun trip.
Keep the pics rolling in,buddy!

Parasailing was one of the best experience i ever had. never done that before, so it was an unique experience. felt like a bird in the sky.

once done with it, we shopped for some souvenirs. ended up buying keychains, mugs, tees. being almost 3 pm, we were hungry. landed up at pizza hut and munched on some veg pizza. was good.

at 3.30 we started for emerald bay. its around 10 miles from ski run company and the curves and twist that came were perfect to test handling of any car. malibu handled quite good though it use to nose dive while braking very hard. may be it has been abused before and was not repaired.

there are many views from where we can view emerald bay. we choose a spot near eagle falls. i will let the pics do the talking.